Device for mounting wall cabinets



March 23; 1943. c. E. KIRCH 2,314,713

DEVICE FOR MOUNTING WALL CABINETS- Filed March 12, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 l a f\ Fay .1. 78 Il 75% 6/1)} 2 S g 20 u 20 77 x Z7 i 75 I .2.

v INVENTOR 6%(27795 @6746 ATTORNEY March 23, 1943. v c. E. KIRCH 2,314,713

DEVICE FOR MOUNTING WALL .CABINETS Filed March 12, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 23, 1943 UNITED STATES, PA'I'EN'! OFFICE DEVICE FOR MOUNTING WALL CABINETS Charles E. Kirch, Alden, N. 35.

Application March 12, 1941, Serial No. 382,976

5 Claims.

This invention relates to a device which, although available for the mounting of various types of fixtures, is characterized by features which render it of particular utility in connection with the mounting of wall cabinets for towels, toilet tissue, seat covers and the like.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of the character generally described which ing for the fixture despite its weight or the rough usage to which it may be subjected.

A still further object is to provide a device which is adaptable to existing types of fixtures of various sizes, shapes and weights and which will provide for the support of the fixtures without detracting from their appearance.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wall cabinet mounted in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken along line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a face view of the device.

Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical section taken along line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure la is a similar section of a modified form of device.

Figure 5 is a face view of another form of device.

Figure 6 is a side view thereof.

Figure '7 is a face view of still another form of device.

Figure 8 is an end view of the said device.

Figure 9 is a face view of still another form of device.

Figure 10 is a side view thereof.

Figure 11 is a face view of still another form of device.

Figure 12 is a view, partially in section and partially in elevation, and is taken along line l2-I2 of Figure 11.

The device includes one or more disc-like v illustrated, in Figures 1 and 2, provide a mounting for a cabinet l8 of the type suitable as a dispenser for paper toilet seat covers, the said cabinet having flanged cover and back sections l9 and 20, respectively, which are pivotally' connected as at 2| so that the cover section may be dropped to provide access to the cabinet; The latter is attached to the mounting elements I5 by screws 22 and Washers 23, the screws passing through openings 24 in the back wall 25 of the back section and screwing into threaded holes 26 in the said elements. Three of the elements 15 provide the mounting for the cabinet. Preferably they are arranged in a triangle and are accommodated in shallow depressions 21 which are formed in the back wall of the cabinet and which permit the cabinet to fit in close proximity to the supporting wall.

The mounting of the cabinet is preferably carried out in two operations. In the first the elements I5 are attached to the supporting wall and in the second the cabinet is attached to the elements, a suitable period of time being permitted to elapse between the two operations in order that the cement by which the elements are attached to the wall may set before the cabinet is attached.

In accordance with the invention means is provided for cooperating with the elements l5 in the operation in which they are attached to the supporting wall to press against said wall those faces of the elements to which the cement has been applied and to hold the elements firmly against the wall until the cement sets. To this end the device also includes a body 28 (Figures 3 and 4) in the form of a triangularly-shaped plate and to which the elements I5 are initially attached by the screws 22, the washers 23 and spacing washers 29, the corner portions of the body 28 being formed with holes 33 which have the exact spacing and arrangement as the open-.

ings 24 inthe back wall of the cabinet. In other words the body 28 serves as a template to support the elements l5 in a predetermined assembled relation. Substantially equidistantly spaced with relation to the elements IS the body 23 carries a vacuum cup 31 of rubber or the like, the

latter being located within an em'bossment 32 and having a neck 33 which extends through an opening 34 in the embossment and a head 35 which overlies the rim surrounding the said open- To attach the elements I5 to the supporting wall a coating of plastic wood or the like is first applied to their wall engaging faces, the said elements having first been attached to the body 28. The device is then adjusted to prelocate the mounting elements and is pressed against the wall at the desired location. In this operation the air is expelled from the vacuum cup so that upon release of the device the vacuum cup will act upon the body 28 to hold the elements l firmly in engagement with the supporting wall. Preferably the body 28 is of metal and is resilient in order to enable complete exhaustion of the air from the vacuum cup and compensate for variations in the thickness of the elements. The vacuum cup 3| being located approximately equidistantly with respect to the mounting elements l5, a seating pressure of substantially the same value is applied to each of them. After the cement has had time to set the screws 22 are removed to disconnect the body 28 from the mounting elements and the said body is forcibly removed against the holding action of the vacuum cup. Thereafter, the cabinet l8 being opened, the back section is placed against the elements IE to align the holes in the back wall 25 and the threaded holes in the mounting elements and the cabinet is attached to the said elements by the screws 22.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the body 28 not only serves as a template to hold the elements l5 so that registration of the openings in the cabinet with the holes in the mounting elements is insured but also cooperates with the vacuum cup 3| to press the mounting elements against the supporting wall during the interval that the cement is setting. In this connection it will be noted that the same screws are employed in attaching the mounting elements to the body 28 as are employed in attaching the cabinet to the mounting elements. The spacing washers 29, however, are used only in connection with attaching the mounting elements to the body 28. They have a thickness corresponding to the thickness of the back wall 25 of the cabinet. The screws 22, therefore, enter the holes in the mounting elements the same distance when they are employed in attaching the mounting elements to the body 28 as in attaching the cabinet to the mounting elements. As a result the mounting elements may be thin enough to enable the cabinet to be mounted closely against the supporting wall without the possibility of the ends of the screws engaging the said wall to break the bond between the wall and the mounting elements.

Instead of using a vacuum cup for acting against the body 28 to maintain the desired pressure upon the mounting elements during setting of the cement, a member 3la may be employed. The latter, as illustrated in Figure 4a, includes a head 31b and a stem 310 which carries a wing nut 3 Id, the body 28 being formed with an opening 3 le for accommodating the stem 3lc. In this embodiment of the invention the head 3lb of the member is attached, as the initial operation in the mounting of a fixture, to the supporting wall in'the desired location by any suitable, preferably quick-setting, cement, the use of a member 3la being preferred in cases in which the surface of the supporting wall is rough, or otherwise unsatisfactory, as a seal for the open end of a vacuum cup. As soon as the said cement has set suificiently, plastic wood, or the like, is applied to the mounting elements [5 and the body of the device is manipulated to arrange the mounting elements against the supporting wall. During this operation the wing nut 3| d is removed and the stem 3lc is directed through the opening Me in the body 28. Thereafter, the wing nut is screwed upon the stem 31c and is tightened against the outer face of the body 28 to causethe latter to press the mounting elements against the supporting wall. After the cement employed in attaching the mounting elements has set sufficiently the wing nut 31d is unscrewed and the body 28 is removed. The member 3l-a may then be removed by applying a solvent to the cement employed in attaching it to the supporting wall and the fixture attached to the mounting elements in the manner described.

The device described has the advantage that the mounting provided by the elements I5 is inexpensive, may be applied with facility and insures facility in attaching and detaching the cabinet. The body 28 of the device and the member 3 la are not, of course, permanent parts of the mounting and are intended to be used over and over with different sets of mounting elements. A further advantage obtained is that any necessity for drilling or otherwise marring or defacing the supporting wall is avoided, it being understood in this connection that if desired the mounting elements I5 may be detached at any time by softening the cement with a suitable solvent.

The invention contemplates a device which is available for mounting fixtures which, owing to variations in sizes, shapes and weights, may require different numbers and arrangements of the mounting elements. For example, a device is shown in Figure 5 suitable for the mounting of towel cabinets and larger sizes of fixtures wherein it is desired that there be four points of attachment with the supporting wall. In this embodiment, therefore, four of the mounting elements I5 are employed and the body 36 of the device is elongated, rectangularly-shaped and is formed with openings 31 which are spaced in accordance with the spacing of the openings in the back of the fixture to be mounted.

Owing to the distance between the mounting elementsit is preferred that two vacuum cups 38 be employed to act against the body 36 to apply the proper pressure to the mounting elements while the cement is setting, one pair of the elements and one of the vacuum cups being located adjacent each end of the said body. As in the embodiment first described, the latter is preferably of sheet metal and is resilient. Hence in the application of the mounting elements to the supporting wall the body will fiex to a degree which will insure firm engagement of all of'the elements with the wall.

The device illustrated in Figures 7 and 8 is available for the mounting of fixtures wherein only two points of attachment with the supporting wall are required. In this embodiment the body 39 which is employed in connection with the two mounting elements is in the form of a bridge-piece and the terminal portions are pointed and are formed with openings 40, the spacing of which corresponds to that of the screw openings in the fixture to be mounted. A single vacuum cup 4| is carried by the body 39 midway between the mounting elements and in line with the openings 40.

In Figures 9 and 10 a device is shown which is available for the mounting of fixtures wherein only one point of attachment with the support ing wall is required. In this embodiment the body 42 which is employed in connection with the single mounting element has a pointed terminal portion 43 formed with an opening 44 which corresponds to the screw opening in the fixture to be mounted. The opposite terminal portion 45 of the body 42 is underturned, is resilient and is adapted to engage the supporting wall so that when the vacuum cup 46 is afiixed thereto the body will assume a position in which the entire area of the mounting element will firmly engage the supporting wall. In this connection it will be noted that the mounting element, as illustrated in this embodiment, is square. This has the advantage that by forming a conforming depression in the back of the fixture angular movement of the latter upon the mounting element will be prevented even though the fixture is attached to the mounting element by a single screw.

A device for providing a mounting for a fixture having a single point of attachment with the supporting wall is also illustrated in Figures 11 and 12. In this embodiment the body 41 is of the same general outline as the body shown in Figure '7. The opening 48 which corresponds to the opening in the fixture to be mounted, however, is located midway between the ends of the body and is formed in an embossment 49 which offsets the mounting element inwardly in the direction of the supporting wall. Two vacuum cups 50 are employed, one being located at each end of the body 41. In this construction also the single mounting element will be pressed firmly throughout its entire area against the supporting wall.

Although special forms of devices are shown for providing mountings for fixtures which are adapted to have a single point of attachment with the supporting wall, it will be understood that any of the multi-element devices illustrated could be employed to provide such a mounting, if

desired. In such case cement would be applied only to one of the mounting elements and the remaining element or elements would merely serve as feet to insure its fiatwise engagement with the supporting wall.

I claim as my invention:

1. A device for use in connection with an element which is to be attached to a wall by cement and to which a fixture is thereafter to be secured by a screw including a body to which said ele-- ment is connected by said screw, and means adapted to be affixed to said wall for acting against said body to press said element firmly against said wall while said cement sets, said body being detachable from said element and said means being detachable from said wall.

2. A device for use in connection with a plurality of independent elements which are to be attached to a wall by cement and to which a fixture is thereafter to be secured including a bodyfor holding said elements in a predetermined assembled relation, and means adapted to be afiixed to said wall for acting against said body simultaneously to press all of said elements firmly against said wall while said cement sets, said body being detachable from said elements.

3. A device for use in connection with a plurality of independent elements which are to be attached to a wall by cement and to which a fixture is thereafter to be secured by screws including a body to which said elements are attached in a predetermined assembled relation by said screws, and means adapted to be afiixed to said Wall and to act against said body for simul-' taneously pressing all of said elements firmly against said wall while said cement sets, said body being detachable from said elements.

4. A device for use in connection with a plurality of independent elements which are to be attached to a wall by cement and to which a fixture is thereafter to be secured including a resilient body for holding said elements in a predetermined assembled relation, and means which is adapted to be afi'ixed to said wall for acting against said body simultaneously to press all of said elements firmly against said wall while said cement sets, said body being detachable from said elements.

5. A device for use in connection with a plurality of independent elements which are formed with threaded bores, which are to be attached to a supporting wall by cement and to which a fixture is thereafter to be secured by screws which pass through pre-formed openings in said fixture and enter said bores, said device including a body formed with openings corresponding in spacing and arrangement to said pre-formed openings and through which said screws pass to enable attachment of said elements to said body and means adapted to be afiixed to said wall for acting against said body simultaneously to press all of said elements firmly against said wall while said cement sets, said screws being removable to enable detachment of said body from said elements and attachment of said fixture.

CHARLES E. KIRCH. 

